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Michael Walters has been involved in a teamhigh nine scores, three more than any other Docker.

Q4 28:40

GOALDockers (Lachie Neale)

Q4 26:26

West Coast is up to 95 points from intercepts, its secondmost in a game this season.

Q4 26:16

GOALEagles (Scott Lycett)

Q4 25:11

BEHINDEagles (Elliot Yeo)

Q4 23:21

Fremantle has now conceded 88 points from turnovers, its most in any game this season.

Q4 23:11

GOALEagles (Jamie Cripps)

Q4 21:44

BEHINDEagles (Jamie Cripps)

Q4 19:49

GOALDockers (Cam McCarthy)

Q4 17:57

Andrew Gaff has recorded three kicks this quarter with all being involved in scores for his team.

Q4 17:47

GOALEagles (Andrew Gaff)

Q4 16:48

BEHINDEagles (Jack Darling)

Q4 16:06

The Eagles have applied 12 tackles inside 50, seven more than Fremantle. Jack Darling leads all players with three tackles.

Q4 14:54

GOALDockers (Matt Taberner)

Q4 12:13

Jack Darling has grabbed a gamehigh five marks inside 50, three more than any other player, as well as kicking four goals.

Q4 12:03

GOALEagles (Jack Darling)

Q4 11:05

BEHINDEagles (Brad Sheppard)

Q4 09:50

BEHINDEagles (Rushed)

Q4 06:05

Jack Redden has won an equal gamehigh three intercepts in attacking midfield with all three launching scores for his team, including that goal to Nathan Vardy.

Q4 05:55

GOALEagles (Nathan Vardy)

Q4 04:29

GOALDockers (Brandon Matera)

Q4 03:42

BEHINDEagles (Nathan Vardy)

Q4 00:00

Q4 is now underway.

Q3 36:20

West Coast won a high scoring third term by 19 points with seven of the 11 goals kicked coming from clearances. Both teams combined to kick four goals from this source in the first half.

Q3 36:20

The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Q3 35:15

BEHINDEagles (Elliot Yeo)

Q3 32:27

GOALEagles (Jack Redden)

Q3 30:25

Fremantle has booted three goals from centre clearances for just the second time this season.

Q3 30:15

GOALDockers (Matt Taberner)

Q3 28:16

GOALDockers (Sean Darcy)

Q3 27:10

Make that four goals from clearances for the Eagles this quarter.

Q3 27:00

GOALEagles (Nathan Vardy)

Q3 24:49

West Coast is now on top at the stoppages, leading the clearance count 116 this quarter, kicking three goals to one from these.

Q3 24:39

GOALEagles (Liam Ryan)

Q3 23:11

Fremantle lead the tackle count 206 this quarter. Just four Eagles have applied a tackle.

Q3 20:05

BEHINDEagles (Andrew Gaff)

Q3 18:47

Elliot Yeo has recorded five disposals this quarter, gaining a quarterhigh 198 metres for his team, as well as three score involvements, also a quarter-high.

Q3 18:37

GOALEagles (Elliot Yeo)

Q3 16:06

GOALDockers (Michael Walters)

Q3 12:36

GOALDockers (Ed Langdon)

Q3 10:31

Dockers InterchangeAndrew Brayshaw and is possibly out for the game.

Q3 10:00

Brad Sheppard has now won five intercepts with three of these launching goals for his team, a seasonhigh.

Q3 09:50

GOALEagles (Jack Darling)

Q3 08:46

BEHINDDockers (Matt Taberner)

Q3 06:20

That goal to Jamie Cripps was his team's fourth from forward half intercepts. The Eagles have now scored 29 points from this source, just two points shy of their season average.

Q3 06:10

GOALEagles (Jamie Cripps)

Q3 05:40

BEHINDEagles (Elliot Yeo)

Q3 05:14

Fremantle continue to dominate the stoppages, leading the clearance count 41 this quarter and 22-13 for the game, however both teams have generated five scores from this source.

Q3 05:04

BEHINDDockers (Michael Walters)

Q3 00:28

West Coast has won five centre clearances with two of these resulting in goals. The Eagles have scored nine points per game from centre clearances in 2018, the eighthmost of any side.

Q3 00:18

GOALEagles (Jamie Cripps)

Q3 00:00

Q3 is now underway.

Q2 31:57

Fremantle won the tackle count by seven in the second quarter (2013) with David Mundy (six) and Lachie Neale (four) applying half of them.

Q2 31:57

Brad Sheppard won nine possessions in the second term, including an equalquarter high three intercept possessions with two of these launching goals for his team.

Q2 31:57

The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Q2 30:45

BEHINDDockers (Brady Grey)

Q2 28:54

GOALEagles (Jack Darling)

Q2 27:20

Liam Ryan kicks his team's seventh goal from intercepts. West Coast has now scored 47 points from this source, just nine points short of its season average.

Q2 27:10

GOALEagles (Liam Ryan)

Q2 24:16

BEHINDDockers (Brennan Cox)

Q2 21:56

Brad Hill has been involved in a teamhigh three scores. He took the kick-in that launched that goal to Hayden Ballantyne and had a further two involvements in the chain.

Q2 21:46

GOALDockers (Hayden Ballantyne)

Q2 20:31

BEHINDEagles (Liam Ryan)

Q2 16:35

Willie Rioli has recorded two kicks this quarter with both resulting in goals.

Q2 16:25

GOALEagles (Willie Rioli)

Q2 13:43

Fremantle leads the centre clearance count by three (52) and it has scored the only goal from this source. The Dockers have been outscored by four points per game from this source this season, the second-worst differential in the AFL.

Q2 13:33

GOALDockers (Cam McCarthy)

Q2 12:18

Another goal from a defensive 50 intercept for the Eagles. Four of their six goals are from this source.

Q2 11:58

GOALEagles (Jack Darling)

Q2 09:53

GOALDockers (Brennan Cox)

Q2 07:39

GOALEagles (Willie Rioli)

Q2 05:38

Dockers InterchangeBrady Grey off due to the blood rule.

Q2 05:19

BEHINDEagles (Liam Ryan)

Q2 04:40

Luke Ryan has taken two intercept marks this quarter and three for the game, two more than any other player. Ryan has now grabbed 46 intercept marks for the season, ranked No.1 at the club and 10 more than any other Docker.

Q2 04:03

BEHINDEagles (Jamie Cripps)

Q2 02:41

Luke Shuey has already won four disposals this quarter, one more than the opening term.

Q2 00:00

Q2 is now underway.

Q1 27:27

The Eagles won the contested possession count by 11 in the opening term (4029), with just 12 Dockers recording at least one, nine fewer than West Coast. Fremantle has lost the contested possession count by eight per game this season, ranked 17th.

Q1 27:27

Fremantle won the first five clearances for the game, and it won this count by three for the first quarter (85), however the Eagles launched two scores to one from this source..

Q1 27:27

The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Q1 27:23

GOALEagles (Scott Lycett)

Q1 25:52

BEHINDEagles (Jamie Cripps)

Q1 24:33

BEHINDDockers (Brandon Matera)

Q1 20:48

BEHINDEagles (Nathan Vardy)

Q1 19:23

BEHINDEagles (Daniel Venables)

Q1 18:45

Eagles InterchangeWill Schofield and is possibly out for the game.

Q1 18:32

The Dockers have recorded just two scores from 12 inside 50s (17 per cent). Fremantle has generated a score from 41 per cent of its forward 50 entries this season, the fourthlowest percentage in the competition.

Q1 14:07

BEHINDEagles (Jack Darling)

Q1 12:50

BEHINDDockers (Brennan Cox)

Q1 10:29

West Coast has scored two of its three goals from defensive 50 chains. The Eagles have launched 20 per cent of their score from this zone this season, the thirdhighest percentage of any side.

Q1 10:19

GOALEagles (Liam Ryan)

Q1 08:06

That goal to Elliot Yeo was sourced from an intercept won in his team's attacking midfield. The Eagles have scored from 29 per cent of their attacking midfield chains this season, the secondhighest percentage in the AFL.

Q1 07:56

GOALEagles (Elliot Yeo)

Q1 06:11

Fremantle has dominated the territory battle leading the inside 50 count by five (72), however both teams have kicked one goal.

Q1 06:01

GOALEagles (Jamie Cripps)

Q1 01:57

Brandon Matera boots the first goal for the game, sourced from a forward half clearance. The Dockers have scored 12 points per game from this source this season, the thirdfewest in the competition.

Q1 01:47

GOALDockers (Brandon Matera)

Q1 00:00

Q1 is now underway.

Q0 00:00

West Coast has generated 53 forward 50 entries per game this season, ranked 10th, and it has kicked a goal from 25 per cent of these, the highest percentage recorded by any side.

Q0 00:00

Fremantle has lost the time in forward half differential by six minutes and 19 seconds per game in 2018, the fourthworst differential in the competition, and it has lost the inside 50 count by six per game, ranked 16th.

Q0 00:00

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Match report: Eagles win fiery Western Derby

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ANDREW Gaff's stunning brain fade has marred West Coast's thumping 58-point Western Derby victory over Fremantle, with the Eagles star's season in jeopardy after he floored Dockers young gun Andrew Brayshaw.

In what descended into the ugliest all-WA clash since the infamous Demolition Derby in 2000, the Eagles tightened their grip on a top-two spot but remarkably might also have seen their premiership hopes diminished by Gaff's unfathomable strike.

With the game in West Coast's keeping during the third quarter, the usually placid Eagles onballer lashed out and dropped Brayshaw with a blow that sent the Dockers young gun to hospital with a fractured jaw and four displaced teeth.

The strike will almost certainly be graded intentional and high impact, which would mean Gaff, one of the Brownlow Medal favourites, is sent straight to the Tribunal and looking at a minimum three weeks – the rest of the home and away season - on the sidelines.

It was a shocking moment that ignited what had been a fizzer of a contest, with spot fires erupting everywhere during the second half.

Tension threatened to boil over between the arch-rivals, and veteran Fremantle defender Michael Johnson could also be facing a sanction from the Match Review Officer after he and Luke Ryan sandwiched Gaff during the final term.

Fremantle coach Ross Lyon was emotional after the game, and expected Brayshaw – last year's No.2 draft pick - would miss the rest of the season.

"Andrew Brayshaw was king-hit 100m off the ball. He's got a fractured jaw and four displaced teeth that are caved in, and he'll be undergoing surgery tonight," Lyon said.

"I think it's self-evident (what my thoughts are). I've got an 18-year-old kid that I saw in a real mess when I came down to the rooms and his mum in tears as I was walking in. It's not very palatable."

While the fallout from the incident will dominate headlines, West Coast smashed the Dockers 21.16 (142) to 13.6 (84) to move six points clear of third-placed Greater Western Sydney and two wins clear of Melbourne in fourth spot.

It was the Eagles' seventh-straight victory over the Dockers, and extended their overall Derby record to 28-20.

Fremantle remains in 13th spot on the ladder, but is still searching for its eighth win for the year to match last year's tally.

West Coast's small forwards combined superbly with Jack Darling on Sunday to lead the victory in the absence of gun spearhead Josh Kennedy.

Darling overcame some early wobbles in front of goal to snag four majors, while Jamie Cripps (four) continued his excellent form and Liam Ryan (three) made the most of his return after a club-imposed ban.

With needing to mind injured Freo superstar Nat Fyfe, West Coast gun Elliot Yeo was unleashed in midfield and produced a stellar 26-disposal, two-goal performance to claim the inaugural Glendinning-Allan Medal as best afield.

Jack Redden backed up his excellent effort in the round six Derby with an equal game-high 33 touches and a goal – matched by Gaff - while 150-gamer Brad Sheppard was also superb in defence with 26 touches.

Experienced Freo duo David Mundy (27 disposals, eight clearances) and Lachie Neale (26, nine) needed big games if the Dockers were going to be any hope of upsetting the high-flying Eagles.

But even their best efforts and Bradley Hill's (30 disposals) spike in form wasn't nearly enough.

West Coast's forward line was vastly more damaging, with 37 scoring shots from 60 inside 50s compared to 19 from 49 for Freo.

In a positive for the men in purple, returning spearhead Matt Taberner shook off some early rust to finish with two goals for the Dockers, while Michael Walters took a Woolworths Mark of the Year contender and finished with a couple of majors.

Before copping Gaff's blow, Brayshaw looked to be on the way to a long-awaited NAB AFL Rising Star nomination with 16 disposals.

Lyon would have been tearing his hair out at some horrible skill errors before the long break, which cost the Dockers any momentum as they trailed by 33 points.

In the end, the Eagles had too many answers, but tougher challenges await with Gaff set to join Nic Naitanui and Kennedy on the sidelines and veteran defender Will Schofield also suffering a hamstring injury.

MEDICAL ROOMWest Coast: Jeremy McGovern came to the bench and appeared to have his pulse checked but returned shortly after. Fellow tall defender Will Schofield came off almost immediately following McGovern's scare and was done for the day with a left hamstring injury.

Fremantle: Brady Grey came off with the blood rule after a heavy hit early in the second term but wasn't off for long. Andrew Brayshaw copped a high blow from Andrew Gaff and was bleeding profusely from the mouth early in the third term as he came from the ground and was taken to hospital with a suspected broken jaw. Brandon Matera copped a heavy hit straight afterwards from Nathan Vardy and had to go the rooms with his right shoulder hanging low.

NEXT UPThe Eagles head to happy hunting ground Adelaide Oval to face Port Adelaide but, despite a 5-0 record against the Power at the venue, will have their work cut out against the desperate Power. Fremantle hosts bottom-placed Carlton in a golden opportunity to claim an eighth victory, equaling last year's tally.